Endangered Languages Project - Vamale

Vamale

^{[aka Moaeke, Hmwaeke, Pamale]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Moaeke, Hmwaeke, Pamale, Neukaledonien
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mkt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Vamale Hmwaeke
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (SIL 1982)

PLACES: New Caledonia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East coast: (Vamale dialect) Téganpaïk, Tiouandé; west coast: (Hmwaeke dialect) Voh, Tiéta

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
150 in 1982, considerably less at present.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
More on Orthography: No literacy in language

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeastern coast, a third of the length of New Caledonia from its northwestern end, around Te´ganpaik

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing